Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious critical care consultant to join our department and team, which delivers high quality services to a population of around 535,000.
Next year, we look forward to moving in to our purpose-built 22 bed Critical Care Unit, including single patient rooms, some with balconies and views over the Quantock hills, which will be an expansion of our current 16 (flexible level 2 & 3) beds. This is part of an £80m project additionally providing 8 new operating theatres, interventional radiology theatres and endoscopy suites.
We welcome both single speciality and dual accredited Intensivists to be based on the Musgrove Park site for daytime Critical Care weeks and planned weekend work, and to be part of the on-call rota covering the Musgrove Park site overnight and for the remainder of the weekend duty.
For further information, please see attached Job Description.
Main duties of the job
- Contribute to an excellent standard of care, treatment & management of critically ill people & in any second speciality area in Musgrove Park Hospital
- Patient safety - Deliver safe care; contribute to safety & quality initiatives & improvement projects
- Education - To supervise & support students & staff to progress training and careers.
- Audit- Actively participate in audit, including regional & national audits.
- Clinical Governance - To be accountable & responsible for acting within clinical competence. Contribute towards Governance including Mortality & Morbidity Meetings.
- Research - To participate in recruiting to trials
- Administration - For patient care & department functioning
- Appraisal, job planning & mandatory training - Fully comply with annual appraisal, GMC Revalidation, job planning & mandatory training.
- CME - To undertake CME to maintain and develop personal professional standards.
- Cover - To provide prospective cover for Critical Care duties as rostered in advance to ensure 24/7 coverage of the Unit. To provide cover for colleagues with short-notice absence to ensure continuous safe cover of Critical Care
- Collaboration - To work in association with colleagues in Somerset NHS FT to provide the people of Somerset County with a high standard of Critical Care.
- Health and Wellbeing - To take steps to maintain physical & mental health and to acknowledge & take appropriate steps including seeking help if unwell.
About us
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is the first NHS trust on the English mainland to provide community, mental health and county-wide acute hospital services. We work with health and social care partners in Somerset to ensure that we deliver outstanding services that meet the needs of our population.
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2023 with the merger of the two Trusts running the two acute sites in the county - Yeovil District General Hospital and Musgrove Park Hospital. Prior to that on 1 April 2020 two former Trusts merged, combining both acute and community Mental Health Services and other community healthcare settings with the acute site at Musgrove Park.
Location
Taunton is a beautiful area of the South West, located between areas of outstanding natural beauty. Somerset offers you the opportunity to live near some of the UKs most desirable locations: beautiful local beaches, and coastlines, the Quantock and Blackdown Hills, Exmoor and the vibrant cosmopolitan centres of Bristol, Bath and Exeter are within easy reach.
Taunton provides access to the M5 motorway and a mainline intercity rail link with trains to London Paddington in less than 2 hours, and Bristol in 30 minutes.
Somerset's County town itself has a range of places to eat, good schools (both state and fee-paying) and of course the famous Cricket Club.
Relocation expenses may be available.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description.
Please contact Dr Helene Lindsay (Clinical Service Lead) or Dr Ruairi Moulding (Clinical Director) for further information and a site visit.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description.
Please contact Dr Helene Lindsay (Clinical Service Lead) or Dr Ruairi Moulding (Clinical Director) for further information and a site visit.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
- MBChB or equivalent basic medical qualifications
- Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Intensive Care Medicine or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) or evidence of equivalent training to an advanced level in Intensive Care Medicine
- Currently on UK Specialist Register for Intensive Care Medicine or satisfactory progression of training evidenced by successful ARCP outcomes & CCT due to be awarded within 6 months of date of interview
- FFICM or equivalent level qualification
- Minimum of 4 years working in Critical Care, at least 2 of which should be in general critical care and, if applicable, 4 years in a second speciality
- Competencies as specified by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine at Stage 3 in assessing patients, instituting, managing and, where appropriate, withdrawing life-sustaining support as appropriate in a general critical care unit
- Competence to work independently, make decisions, prioritise clinical need and delegate appropriately
- Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals in English and maintain good relationships with these groups
- Experience in teaching and training others
- Experience in leading a multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of recent participation in audit and/or quality improvement within the workplace
- Evidence of participation in continuing medical education and reflective practice
- Right to reside and work in UK
Desirable
- Experience of clinical risk management
- Understanding of NHS, clinical governance & resource constraints
- Higher qualification in medical education or instructor status for acutely ill patient courses
- Research experience, presentations, publications, prizes and honours
- Experience in development and implementation of guidelines
- Time spent working in NHS
- If applying for 2nd speciality, appropriate joint CCT or CESR and relevant Diploma
- Experience in leadership or management roles
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
- MBChB or equivalent basic medical qualifications
- Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Intensive Care Medicine or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) or evidence of equivalent training to an advanced level in Intensive Care Medicine
- Currently on UK Specialist Register for Intensive Care Medicine or satisfactory progression of training evidenced by successful ARCP outcomes & CCT due to be awarded within 6 months of date of interview
- FFICM or equivalent level qualification
- Minimum of 4 years working in Critical Care, at least 2 of which should be in general critical care and, if applicable, 4 years in a second speciality
- Competencies as specified by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine at Stage 3 in assessing patients, instituting, managing and, where appropriate, withdrawing life-sustaining support as appropriate in a general critical care unit
- Competence to work independently, make decisions, prioritise clinical need and delegate appropriately
- Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals in English and maintain good relationships with these groups
- Experience in teaching and training others
- Experience in leading a multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of recent participation in audit and/or quality improvement within the workplace
- Evidence of participation in continuing medical education and reflective practice
- Right to reside and work in UK
Desirable
- Experience of clinical risk management
- Understanding of NHS, clinical governance & resource constraints
- Higher qualification in medical education or instructor status for acutely ill patient courses
- Research experience, presentations, publications, prizes and honours
- Experience in development and implementation of guidelines
- Time spent working in NHS
- If applying for 2nd speciality, appropriate joint CCT or CESR and relevant Diploma
- Experience in leadership or management roles
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
